Railroad-tie.



PEOK.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 7, 1913.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

' Q/Vifmeosco GUM/14mg STATES PA ENT "UFFICE.

PETER J. IEECK, OF CHICAGO. ILLINQIS.

RAILROAD-TIE.

'I' do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and 'exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it a'ppertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful metallic tie and those of a Wooden tie in .the same device.

, provision of a 4 r of the same;

improvements in ra lroad ties and has for its object the provision of, a metallic t e which will combine the advantages of a -Another object .ofthe-invention is the rovisio-n of a tie having a rail holding member formed integral therewith which will also serve as a rail bearing.

A further object of the invention. is the tie which may be used on both a straightaway and a curved track, without in any way changing the construction ,With the above and other objects in View I will now proceed to describe the invention in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which, :1

liigure 1 1s a VIGW Of my improved tie showing it partly in section to illustrate the construction thereof, and Fig. 2 is a 4 These tongues 4 are view in elevation ofrny improved tie as it woul lappear when in use on curves.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference 1 indicates generally my improved railroad tie, which is preferably composed of therectangular metallic casing v 2. This metalliccasing is provided inter; -'mediate its ends with the apertures 35'which are so stamped as to form the tongues 4:.

adapted to be bent inwardly as clearly illustrated and form the inner abutmentfor the ends of the wooden block '5, which is adapted to be inserted in the tie;

Intermediate each of the tongues l and the ends of thetie on one side thereof I preferably provide the recesses which are cut from the tie as clearly shown in Fig. 1

I and provided with the beveled walls 7. The

metal which remains afterthe recess has been cut s preferably bent toward the center of the recess, as clearly illustrated at S from whence it is bent upwardly and rearspecificatibn of Letters-Patent. Application filed November 7,1913. Serial aseru P tented-nee."when;

wardly, as shown 9 ,"to engage the'web of 1 the rail. 1 This portion 9 is extended as illu trated-at-ldand is adapted' overlie-'a 4 portion of the tieiinmedi'ately adjacent the recess." On the side of the tie oppoeite the.

recesses previously mentioned I preferably provide. the recesses 11,- which are of greaterwidth than the aforementionedrecesses to" permit the fish plate of rail joints torcst between the' edges of the recesses andbear against the block 5 when the'device is in use; Suitable spike receiving notches-are formed in the..walls immediately adjacentthe recesses 6 and are adapted. tojreceivc the spikes 12 which firmly hold the rail in lace. It will be clearly seen from the foregoing that in usemy improved tie is placed iii-p0 sitionas illustrated-in 1 fora straightaway track and when it is desired tolay'a".

curve the tie is reversed as shown in Fig; 2 which Wlll give the rails room between the extremities of the. recesses to take the proper contour of the track; it will be also apparent that owing to the recesses 11 which are in the bottom of the tie, when in'iise as shown in Fig. l the bedding surface of the road will come in contact with the wood block and more firmly bite thereagainst and f thereby prevent any lateral slipping of the .tie which would cause the track to become When the kinked and 'out of alinernent.

tie is inuse as illustrated in Pig. 2h is particularly adapted as above mentioned for curves, but may also be used for rail joints andowing to the fact that; the tongues formed by;the portions 8 and 9 are down wardly extended it will be obvious that they -95.

will engage the bedding surface of the road and lateral displacementof thetie with re lation to the rails will be entirely elimi nated. thus assuring that the track will be absolutely free of any kinks and the like,

and preventing accidents caused by suchinaccuracies.

\Ylille in the foregoing I have "shown and described the preferred embodiment ofmy invention I wish it to be understood that I inaymake such changes in the-combination and arrangement of parts as may fall within t-he scope of the claims herewith appended.

Whatis claimed is 1. In a device ofthe character described. a rectangular casing having recesses near ear-h .cnd on opposite sides. the metal cut from one pair of said recesses being bentup Qegs, tongues, afolllled intelniediaf the recesses and extending] inwardly; and .bloks adapted tojbe driven-into thle end ofthe ti e.

- and against Ith e said-tongues, ssiid' blocks being adapted tov act as supports fdrth 11131..

In. a device of the.v character described" a. -1'e'ctangi1'1a1 casing, said' casing. haying re-- esse5- near 'e ach "end' 0'11. opposite sides thereof, one set Of recesses' being of gregxfgr'.

the 'l mrrojwer recesses having spike; reci'ving; apertures". communicating therewith, -a'nd iormeii in its ini el wallgto'ngfies formed from; the 'm'e'ta'l left'aftel 'cuttin v the recsses, said rtqngues' being integral with" the o'uti' Wall .of'said recesss "zind 'bn-t tip-.1

Wardly and inwardly toionn rail clamping members, said jcongues 'bi'ng} bentfback upon themselves and engaging .-.the surface of the tie immediatelyadiacelgltthe poinfi where blocksadaptdto b inserted in CILIEGHdgS of the ti}? and abut the tongues, saifd blocks 'be .ing adap tgd tQfOlflli. seats for the rails when 'fihe device. is iinfluse.

width thantlieothef Set of recesses; each of j .impresence '01- twowitnesses.

In teStimQnywheIeof I 'affix'liny signature PETER-J. PECK.

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PAU D. 'STRATTO G. POWERS. 

